Debian Bug report logs - #539365
bash completion of "cd $VARNAME" gets mangled (too smart for its own good?)

Package: bash-completion; Maintainer for bash-completion is Gabriel F. T. Gomes <gabriel@debian.org>; Source for bash-completion is src:bash-completion (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2@obviously.com>

Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed-upstream

Found in version bash-completion/20080705

Fixed in version 1:1.1-3

Done: David Paleino <dapal@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Bash Completion Maintainers <bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#539365; Package bash-completion. (Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:27:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2@obviously.com>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Bash Completion Maintainers <bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:27:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Package: bash-completion
Version: 20080705

"echo $HOM<tab>" gives "echo $HOME".
"cd $HOM<tab>" gives "cd \$HOME".

True in Etch and Lenny.

Workaround fixes:
1) Set the shopt variable cdable_vars  (but seemingly this only fixes it 
accidentally)
2) Run "complete -F _cd cd"
3) Run "apt-get remove bash-completion" (which only removes the fancy 
completion, not the basic completion)

See also http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=272660

Added tag(s) fixed-upstream. Request was from David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:39:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Reply sent to David Paleino <dapal@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:39:11 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Notification sent to Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2@obviously.com>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:39:11 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #12 received at 539365-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

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Version: 1:1.1-3

Seems fixed now.

David

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Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org> to internal_control@bugs.debian.org. (Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:42:39 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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Debian Bug report logs - #539365 bash completion of "cd $VARNAME" gets mangled (too smart for its own good?)

Debian Bug report logs - #539365
bash completion of "cd $VARNAME" gets mangled (too smart for its own good?)